India registered 2,63,533 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the latest Union Health Ministry data showed on Tuesday. At least 4,329 deaths were reported in India in the past 24 hours. Maximum casualties were reported in Maharashtra (1,000), followed by Karnataka with 476 daily deaths.
Top five states which registered maximum cases are Karnataka with 38,603 cases, followed by Tamil Nadu with 33,075 cases, Maharashtra with 26,616 cases, Kerala with 21,402 cases, and West Bengal with 19,003 cases. Around 52.63 per cent of the new cases are reported from these five states, with Karnataka alone responsible for 14.65 per cent of the new cases.